Chicago baseball recruits fell in love with APSU

Pitcher-catcher duo are best friends, teammates

9:03 PM,
Dec. 23, 2013

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Austin Peay baseball's recent success hasn't just reaped rewards on the baseball field, where the Govs have won three straight conference titles and made two straight NCAA regional championship games.

They've also been recruiting some highly touted talent, even in places where the APSU name may not be as familiar. That didn't seem to matter for pitcher Mike Costanzo and T.J. Marik, both of whom came down from Chicago and could hardly decide what they liked best about their campus visit.

"Everything about the school," said Marik, a senior at St. Laurence High School. "If there was a ...